Pious images, mandalas, objects of piety, are all external occasions of impulse, an internal dynamic allowing the deployment of light. The confusion consists of believing
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Land Use And Phone Fasting
What percentage of your mental space is occupied by this or that aspect of your life, this or that product? It may be surprising to
Healing Without a ‘How’
Spirituality: Many get lost in the ‘how’.Zazen: It is neither useful nor relevant to dissect the healing mechanism.What matters is the effectiveness of the process.Understanding
Zazen Is Nothing
Zazen during the day is the hub of the wheel.It is nothing, but without the sitting practice, nothing ever comes together.Inactivity gives way to activity.Without
Naming God?
There are people for whom it is very important to give God a name, others for whom the name given to God doesn’t really matter.Still
Unsinkable
Sometimes the amplitude of the mind’s movements changes,It increases,Don’t be fooled,The breaking waves that rock the hull in all directions, that seem to threaten to
The Resting Hand
When a banal interaction generates great pleasure in one of the parties, it may be so because this situation offers a resounding echo chamber (a
Christmas 2025
And while you chase after cheap teachers,Your Lord is within you and awaits your presence. It is none other than God who teaches you heart
Sitting, On the Way to the Stable
The body in zazen is the horse that leads us back to the stable,The mind, the rider who searches but doesn’t know where he’s going,So,
Never Through Thoughts
Zazen teaches me that whatever thought we invite into us, the energy we devote to turning it over and over to investigate its flaws and
The Path to Peace
Non-discrimination is the absence of discrimination between what is presented to us.Thus, there is no individual, no situation that we like or reject more than
Studded Shirt
Hypersensitivity: wearing a studded shirt, the same one everyone wears.Not understanding why no one seems to suffer from the hundreds of studs on their skin.
Hannya Shingyo: The Sound of Silence
When reciting the Hannya Shingyo, I don’t know what teaches more profoundly…Is it the sound of the sutra being recited, or the sound of the
Questioning the Ground
The first row of mental blocks must be placed on calm, peaceful ground.If this isn’t the case, none of the structures located there deserve our
The Body-Impression
Tonight, I wonder whether the appearance of the body has an objective existence. Does the body exist objectively, or is there only an objective envelope,
Notes & Silence 